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Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population
BACKGROUND: We describe post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors (CCS-parents) and compare them to parents of similar-aged children (comparison-parents) of the Swiss general population (SGP). We compare type of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411524/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32832904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OR9.0000000000000024 |
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author | Baenziger, Julia Roser, Katharina Mader, Luzius Harju, Erika Ansari, Marc Waespe, Nicolas Scheinemann, Katrin Michel, Gisela |
author_facet | Baenziger, Julia Roser, Katharina Mader, Luzius Harju, Erika Ansari, Marc Waespe, Nicolas Scheinemann, Katrin Michel, Gisela |
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description | BACKGROUND: We describe post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors (CCS-parents) and compare them to parents of similar-aged children (comparison-parents) of the Swiss general population (SGP). We compare type of reported stressful event, prevalence of PTSS and PTSD, and psychosocial and cancer-related characteristics associated with PTSS. We further describe the respective normative data for the SGP. METHODS: We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional questionnaire survey in a population-based sample of long-term CCS-parents (survivors aged ≤16 years at diagnosis, ≥20 years at study, >5 years post-diagnosis) and in the SGP. Using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, we measured PTSS regarding the most stressful event experienced, and computed probable cases of PTSD. RESULTS: Participants included 663 CCS-parents (39.4% fathers) and 1035 individuals of the SGP (40.0% male), of which we identified 391 comparison-parents (41.2% fathers). Illness was most often indicated as stressful event (CCS-parents: 49.5%, comparison-parents: 27.6%, SGP: 25.3%). Prevalence of PTSS and PTSD (CCS-parents: 4.8%, comparison-parents: 6.7%, SGP: 5.6%) did not significantly differ. Lower education was associated with higher intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal in all samples (all P ≤ .003). Parents of children with a chronic illness reported higher intrusion (all P ≤ .004). We found no associations with cancer-related characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: No increased risk for PTSS or PTSD was found among CCS-parents. Individuals with lower education and those with a chronically ill child might benefit from additional support to help manage and resolve the stress symptoms in the long term. |
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spelling | pubmed-74115242020-08-19 Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population Baenziger, Julia Roser, Katharina Mader, Luzius Harju, Erika Ansari, Marc Waespe, Nicolas Scheinemann, Katrin Michel, Gisela J Psychosoc Oncol Res Pract Original Article BACKGROUND: We describe post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors (CCS-parents) and compare them to parents of similar-aged children (comparison-parents) of the Swiss general population (SGP). We compare type of reported stressful event, prevalence of PTSS and PTSD, and psychosocial and cancer-related characteristics associated with PTSS. We further describe the respective normative data for the SGP. METHODS: We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional questionnaire survey in a population-based sample of long-term CCS-parents (survivors aged ≤16 years at diagnosis, ≥20 years at study, >5 years post-diagnosis) and in the SGP. Using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, we measured PTSS regarding the most stressful event experienced, and computed probable cases of PTSD. RESULTS: Participants included 663 CCS-parents (39.4% fathers) and 1035 individuals of the SGP (40.0% male), of which we identified 391 comparison-parents (41.2% fathers). Illness was most often indicated as stressful event (CCS-parents: 49.5%, comparison-parents: 27.6%, SGP: 25.3%). Prevalence of PTSS and PTSD (CCS-parents: 4.8%, comparison-parents: 6.7%, SGP: 5.6%) did not significantly differ. Lower education was associated with higher intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal in all samples (all P ≤ .003). Parents of children with a chronic illness reported higher intrusion (all P ≤ .004). We found no associations with cancer-related characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: No increased risk for PTSS or PTSD was found among CCS-parents. Individuals with lower education and those with a chronically ill child might benefit from additional support to help manage and resolve the stress symptoms in the long term. Wolters Kluwer Health Inc 2020-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7411524/ /pubmed/32832904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OR9.0000000000000024 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health Inc., on behalf of the International Psycho-Oncology Society. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Original Article Baenziger, Julia Roser, Katharina Mader, Luzius Harju, Erika Ansari, Marc Waespe, Nicolas Scheinemann, Katrin Michel, Gisela Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population |
title | Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population |
title_full | Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population |
title_fullStr | Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population |
title_full_unstemmed | Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population |
title_short | Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population |
title_sort | post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the swiss general population |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411524/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32832904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OR9.0000000000000024 |
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